Banani fire incident

#Perspective / The curious case of curious onlookers: Our responses to disaster

The common man's definition consists of a few core characteristics that help him to strive, survive, and navigate his life. Adaptability, persistence, the innate sense of good and evil, hard-working and an unquenchable thirst to know and discover. Such abilities ensure his survival and help him forge his path in life. However, we often blur the lines between our inquisitive nature and standing in the way.

Editorial / Honouring a true hero

We are saddened by the premature death of Sohel Rana, the 25-year-old firefighter who saved many lives at the risk of losing his own during the Banani FR Tower fire on March 28.

Editorial / Has non-compliance of rules become the order of the day?

Hardly had we gotten over the Old Dhaka fire, when we are again left to count the dead bodies of people who per-ished in the inferno at a landmark building in Banani on Thursday, 25 so far.

Living in a minefield of manmade disasters

I was at the canteen during lunch hours at my workplace on Thursday when I found out about the fire in FR Tower. Everyone's eyes were fixated on the TV.

It is murder, not an accident: Minister

Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim terms the deaths of Banani FR Tower fire victims as “murders”.

April 5, 2023
April 5, 2023

The curious case of curious onlookers: Our responses to disaster

The common man's definition consists of a few core characteristics that help him to strive, survive, and navigate his life. Adaptability, persistence, the innate sense of good and evil, hard-working and an unquenchable thirst to know and discover. Such abilities ensure his survival and help him forge his path in life. However, we often blur the lines between our inquisitive nature and standing in the way.

April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019

Honouring a true hero

We are saddened by the premature death of Sohel Rana, the 25-year-old firefighter who saved many lives at the risk of losing his own during the Banani FR Tower fire on March 28.

March 30, 2019
March 30, 2019

Living in a minefield of manmade disasters

I was at the canteen during lunch hours at my workplace on Thursday when I found out about the fire in FR Tower. Everyone's eyes were fixated on the TV.

March 30, 2019
March 30, 2019

Has non-compliance of rules become the order of the day?

Hardly had we gotten over the Old Dhaka fire, when we are again left to count the dead bodies of people who per-ished in the inferno at a landmark building in Banani on Thursday, 25 so far.

March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019

It is murder, not an accident: Minister

Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim terms the deaths of Banani FR Tower fire victims as “murders”.